batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l5210-l5221
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l5210-l5221
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
passage_locator:
label: THE HUNTER AND THE WOODMAN / THE SERPENT AND THE EAGLE / THE ROGUE AND THE
ORACLE / THE HORSE AND THE ASS; lines 5210-5221
start: '5210'
end: '5221'
translation: Aesop's Fables; a new translation
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: Where are all your gay trappings now?
summary: A proud Horse in fine harness threatens an overloaded Ass on the road.
Later the Horse loses status, is sold to a farmer, and draws a dung-cart; the
Ass then mocks his fall.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A Horse is described as proud of his fine harness.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The Horse meets an Ass on the high-road.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The Ass carries a heavy burden and moves slowly aside to let the Horse pass.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The Horse impatiently says he can hardly resist kicking the Ass to make him
move faster.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The Ass remains silent but remembers the Horse’s insolence.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The Horse later becomes broken-winded and is sold by his owner to a farmer.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The Horse later draws a dung-cart and meets the Ass again.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The Ass derides the Horse and asks where his gay trappings are now.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Horse
description: A proud Horse with fine harness who later becomes broken-winded, is
sold, and draws a dung-cart.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Ass
description: An Ass carrying a heavy burden who yields the road, remains silent
after insult, and later derides the Horse.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Horse’s owner
description: The owner who sells the broken-winded Horse to a farmer.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Farmer
description: The farmer to whom the Horse is sold.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: proud superior
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Horse is proud of his harness and threatens the Ass.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: burdened inferior
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The Ass carries a heavy burden and moves aside for the Horse.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: fallen former superior
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Horse loses status, is sold, and draws a dung-cart.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: remembering mocker
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The Ass remembers the insult and later derides the Horse.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: seller
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The owner sells the broken-winded Horse to a farmer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: buyer or new possessor
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Horse is sold to a farmer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fine harness
literal_form: fine harness / gay trappings
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: heavy burden
literal_form: heavy burden carried by the Ass
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: high-road
literal_form: high-road
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: dung-cart
literal_form: dung-cart drawn by the Horse
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Road encounter and insult
summary: A proud, harnessed Horse meets a burdened Ass on the high-road and threatens
to kick him for moving too slowly aside.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Horse’s decline
summary: The Horse becomes broken-winded and is sold by his owner to a farmer.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Reversal and mockery
summary: The Horse draws a dung-cart and meets the Ass again; the Ass mocks the
Horse’s loss of former trappings.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: reversal of fortune humbles the proud
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The proud Horse first threatens the burdened Ass, but later loses status
and is mocked by the same Ass while drawing a dung-cart.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: This is a passage-level fable pattern label, not a supplied taxonomy family.
- id: motif:2
label: insult remembered and repaid
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Ass silently remembers the Horse’s insolence and later derides him after
his decline.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage shows verbal repayment through mockery, not physical revenge
or formal justice.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 5210-5214
quote_or_summary: A Horse, proud of his fine harness, meets an Ass on the high-road;
the Ass carries a heavy burden and slowly moves aside to let him pass.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 5214-5216
quote_or_summary: The Horse impatiently says he can hardly resist kicking the Ass
to make him move faster.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 5216-5217
quote_or_summary: The Ass holds his peace but does not forget the Horse’s insolence.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 5217-5219
quote_or_summary: Not long afterward the Horse becomes broken-winded and is sold
by his owner to a farmer.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 5219-5220
quote_or_summary: One day, while drawing a dung-cart, the Horse meets the Ass again.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 5220-5221
quote_or_summary: The Ass derides him and asks, “Where are all your gay trappings
now?”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation from provided passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the provided passage. Motif labels are descriptive
and not mapped to supplied taxonomy families. No comparison claims were added
because the passage itself does not explicitly support cross-text comparison.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
The requested locator label mentions several fables, but the provided passage text includes only “THE HORSE AND THE ASS”; extraction is limited to that text.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg__l5210-l5221
passage_sha256=ef00864fb7e3bfcc0ac27f35cb90026830c89abdd39ff65db90c28e0d9d18224